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Orchestral Works of Leevi Madetoja
The works of Leevi Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) are a blend of the seriousness characteristic of the Finns and an elegance assimilated from French music. In style Madetoja may be classified as a Romantic, but instead...
Leevi Madetoja's Ostrobothnians - An opera about freedom
In one respect Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947) succeeded where his teacher, Jean Sibelius, failed: he created a national Finnish opera. The premiere of The Ostrobothnians at the Finnish Opera on October 25th, 1924 marked the birth of the first truly full-blooded...
French Colouring in a Bothnian Landscape
Leevi Madetoja is generally ranked among the most important of those Finnish composers whose careers spanned the first few decades of this century, during a time which was marked in society by unstable political conditions and the struggle to achieve...